Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.6Hazard identification
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sec.6 Hazard identification
A person who has an obligation under the Act to manage risk at a mine must identify hazards in the person’s own work and activities at the mine. The operator must ensure hazard identification for the mine’s operations is done during the operations’ planning and design. The site senior executive for a mine must ensure hazard identification for the mine’s operations is done— when the operations start; and during the operations; and when the operations change in size, nature, complexity or another way; and for a hazard caused by a hazardous chemical or dangerous good—periodically at intervals not longer than 5 years. For hazards caused by hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods, the site senior executive for a mine must ensure the identification includes the following— hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods being processed or used for processing; hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods that are a product, by-product or waste product of operations; hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods occurring in— the natural environment; or plant or facilities; or energy sources. s 6 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 (sec.6-ssec.1) A person who has an obligation under the Act to manage risk at a mine must identify hazards in the person’s own work and activities at the mine. (sec.6-ssec.2) The operator must ensure hazard identification for the mine’s operations is done during the operations’ planning and design. (sec.6-ssec.3) The site senior executive for a mine must ensure hazard identification for the mine’s operations is done— when the operations start; and during the operations; and when the operations change in size, nature, complexity or another way; and for a hazard caused by a hazardous chemical or dangerous good—periodically at intervals not longer than 5 years. (sec.6-ssec.4) For hazards caused by hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods, the site senior executive for a mine must ensure the identification includes the following— hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods being processed or used for processing; hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods that are a product, by-product or waste product of operations; hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods occurring in— the natural environment; or plant or facilities; or energy sources.
- (a) when the operations start; and
- (b) during the operations; and
- (c) when the operations change in size, nature, complexity or another way; and
- (d) for a hazard caused by a hazardous chemical or dangerous good—periodically at intervals not longer than 5 years.
- (a) hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods being processed or used for processing;
- (b) hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods that are a product, by-product or waste product of operations;
- (c) hazardous chemicals or dangerous goods occurring in— (i) the natural environment; or (ii) plant or facilities; or (iii) energy sources.